"Confidence" is probably one of the most noticeable quality in the Americans. They show confidence in the way they talk, the way they smile, the way they dress and the way they walk. Living and competing with all these confident American students, I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and teacher. As a student, being confident means you should dare to raise your hand whenever a question or a point comes to your mind. Don't mind if it sounds simple or silly. Otherwise you will never get a chance to speak in class at all. What's worse, the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the topic — this is the last comment any gradate would not like to receive.
Being confident for me as a foreign teacher means calmly asking the student to repeat what he or she has said if I did not get it. Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself uneasiness or even shame. But the time I most need to be confide is when my students come to my office and bargain about the grades I have given for their speeches (The course I'm teaching here is Public Speaking.) Modesty is a quality highly valued in China, but it won't be of much help here if you want to survive and succeed in a good American graduate program.
1. What should we do most if we want to compete with American students?| A．Be quite confident. | B．Be polite and friendly. |
| C．Have more discussions. | D．Know what they think about. |
| A．gives a silly or simple answer | B．tries to seize any chance to speak in class |
| C．shows no interest in the | D．is considered to have no opinion of his own |
| A．he asks a student to repeat what he has said | B．the students bargain with him |
| C．he pretends to know what he doesn't | D．he has to give a speech |
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【推荐1】A common claim states that a sheet of paper cannot be folded in half more than seven times. But is this true?
In 2002, Britney Gallivan, then a junior in high school in Pomona, California, folded a single piece of paper in half 12 times. She currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most times to fold a sheet of paper in half.
The prompt that led Gallivan to accomplish this was an extra-credit challenge in math class to fold anything in half 12 times. Her teacher asked the students to fold something thicker: a piece of paper.
Gallivan said “it was very frustrating, as I had many unsuccessful attempts at trying to fold different papers in half. I began to question if folding paper in half more than eight times could be impossible.” However, Gallivan recalled. “I knew I needed to understand what was limiting the folding progression.”
The equations (方程式) that Gallivan came up with calculated how many times a sheet of paper could be folded. She found that in order to fold many times, a long thin sheet is needed — the more a sheet is folded, the thicker the resulting stack becomes, and once the stack becomes thicker than it is long, there is nothing left to fold. She ultimately set her record with a sheet of tissue paper she found online that was 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) — more than three-quarters of a mile, or over a kilometer long, Guinness World Records noted.
“Working on the problem took a tremendous amount of time and effort,” Gallivan said. “As frustrating as it was at times, I learned an immense amount from the experience, which has been valuable to me throughout my life in more capacities than one would expect.”
Since Gallivan set her record, others have made claims of folding a sheet of paper more than 12 times. Still, “I anticipate that my current record will be surpassed,” Gallivan said.
1. What prompts Gallivan to accept the challenge?| A．Peer pressure. |
| B．Mathematics anxiety. |
| C．Academic requirement. |
| D．Guinness World Records. |
| A．The stack is as thick as it’s long. |
| B．The paper is neither long nor thin. |
| C．The stack is thicker than it’s long. |
| D．The paper is longer than it’s thick. |
| A．It’s risky. |
| B．It’s fruitless. |
| C．It’s meaningless. |
| D．It’s energy-consuming. |
| A．Gallivan’s record is impossible to break. |
| B．Folding paper in half is merely a math problem. |
| C．Folding things in half may not be limited to 12. |
| D．Folding paper 12 times is a required credit in high schools. |
【推荐2】Developing strong study skills as a high school student not only allows you to earn better grades in high school, but also to prepare you for college. The sooner you start to build your study skills, the more good habits you’ll create for your future study.
1. Boost brain power
2. Develop concentration
Set focused study time for nothing but school work. Create a quiet study zone that includes a phone-free environment for studying.
3. Develop organizational skills
Find a convenient location for putting all your school learning papers, books, and homework assignments in place. That way you’ll be better prepared for the coming lectures and thus better follow the teachers.
4.
Be sure to effeciently write down what you listen to in class. You don’t need to write down everything said, just the important points. You may have to take down keywords, dates, names and fill in the details later if you are having trouble getting down enough. Learning to organize and denote（表示）things in a clear visual way is also very helpful in taking good notes.
| A．Being organized can save you a lot of time and allow you to have more efficient（高效）class. |
| B．You can have a rest after using your brain too long. |
| C．Develop good listening skills |
| D．That’s why it’s important to build good study skills early. |
| E．Make sure you are eating healthy food and getting enough rest. |
| F．Develop note taking skills |
| G．When you are studying, try to clear your desk and just keep some study necessities. |
【推荐3】We all love our children and we all know how competitive the world is these days. What’s it going to be like when our children leave school? Will they have the skills they need to stay ahead of the competition?
All children need two basic skills to succeed. They must be able to read and they must be able to write. And with so much information available to them these days, they must be able to read quickly and accurately. That’s why your children need to be able to speed-read.
It’s ironic (讽刺的) that at this time of space-age technology, we’ve gone back to one of the earliest forms of mass communication—the written word. The Internet has introduced a revival (重新流行) of writing, and if you can’t keep up, you’ll be left behind. You certainly don’t want your children to be left behind.
You can help to make sure that your children are excellent writers—you can help them to learn how to use their language. Better still, you can learn with them!
You and your children can spend time together in a worthwhile pursuit (事业)—learning how to write. Forget the theme parks, the computer games, the expensive movies and interesting sports. If you want your children to have treasured memories of time spent with you, learn together.
For less than you would pay for tickets to a theme park, you can invest in your children’s future—help them learn to write well with my six-part writing course.
Don’t stand by while your child is left further and further behind.
1. From the last two paragraphs, we can know the main purpose of the passage is_______| A．To encourage students to be better prepared for the future. |
| B．To list the qualities children must have for their future success. |
| C．To persuade parents to choose a writing course for their kids. |
| D．To explain the difficult situation children have to face at present. |
| A．speed-reading is the first step in a child’s formal education |
| B．children today waste too much time on games, movies and sports |
| C．children’s success depends much on good skills in reading and writing |
| D．writing helps people communicate more effectively in modern society |
| A．Important. | B．Funny. |
| C．Informal. | D．Old-fashioned. |
| A．They will learn more quickly and accurately. |
| B．They will not be affected by games and sports. |
| C．It will encourage them to work for a higher pursuit. |
| D．They will have good memories of time spent with parents. |
【推荐1】Let children learn to judge their work.
He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s.
But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him.
If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book.
| A．Children learn to do all the other things in the same way. |
| B．Let him correct his own papers. |
| C．Point out his mistakes. |
| D．We do it all for him. |
| E．We allow him to learn from other children. |
| F．A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. |
| G．Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. |
【推荐2】School bus drivers have to keep the kids safe on their way to and from school. But one driver, Patricia Reitz, goes way above and beyond. She has made it her mission to give each child a handmade hat to keep them warm in the winter.
Miss Patty—the name students, teachers and parents call her—has given away more than 7,000 hats in the nearly three decades she worked for the Clarence Central School District in New York, reported WGRZ.
“She cares about her students,” third grade teacher Deborah Bosworth told WGRZ. “Any student that has been on Miss Patty’s bus gets a hat, and they also get a friend. Miss Patty is one of the favorites.”
This tradition began when Reitz took up crocheting(针织). She would work on items while she waited for students to get on the bus after school. One boy got on the bus, and he asked what she was doing. He said wearing a hat would be great going down ski slopes(斜坡). So Reitz asked him what color he liked. “That started everything,” said Reitz. And it snowballed from there.
Reitz specializes in Santa hats, but she will make other hats too. The hats are two colors that the students choose and always have two tassels(流苏). Reitz buys all needed for the hats but she also receives gift cards from families especially around Christmas. This is a gift that comes from the heart. Despite the amount of work involved, Reitz has no intention of stopping. In fact, she has already began working on next year’s hats. “I’m going to do it until I can’t do it anymore,” she said.
While other school bus drivers will purchase hats and gloves for their charges, a homemade gift made with love brings warmth even during the coldest winter days.
1. What did Patricia Reitz do for the students?| A．She gives away hats to students on her bus for free. |
| B．She made hats for students in exchange for gifts. |
| C．She gives away hats to students with low charges. |
| D．She made crocheting items on school bus |
| A．The way to make friends. | B．The chance to help others. |
| C．Love and warmth in cold winter. | D．A different experience on school bus. |
| A．Generous and absent-minded. | B．Addicted and energetic. |
| C．Calm and warm-hearted. | D．Loving and determined. |
| A．Students have no choice of the hats. |
| B．Making the hats demands great efforts. |
| C．The hats are of the same color and style. |
| D．Reitz has no intention of continuing the tradition. |
【推荐3】A good relationship with a teacher today may help you in the future. Teachers are another group of adults in your life who can look out for you and guide you. So it is important to develop a good relationship with your teachers.
If you don't like the subject being taught, it can affect your relationship with the teacher. Some students say it helps them to think of the classes as stepping stones toward a bigger goal, like going on to college.
| A．It's easy to deal with the problem. |
| B．What if the teacher is unfair to you? |
| C．What if you just don't like the teacher? |
| D．It's impossible to like everyone all the time. |
| E．If you're having problems with a teacher, try to figure out why. |
| F．Other students say they try to find the practical value of the classes. |
| G．Common politeness and respect are basic building blocks of any relationship. |
【推荐1】Oceans hold a lot of mystery, even for people who study them. But it’s no mystery why they are in trouble. We’ve been using them to hide our waste—such as pouring oil, plastic, and poisonous chemicals into them for decades. We’ve over exploited (开采) many fish stocks to levels so low that they can no longer be harvested.
Oceans are also a primary source of protein for millions of people worldwide. If we want to continue to enjoy what oceans provide, we need to do everything we can to protect them and the life they support. We should ensure the seafood we eat is sustainable.
Of course, not everyone is lucky enough to be able to catch their own fish, which means having sustainable options in the store is critical. As the public’s and companies’ awareness about the risks caused by overfishing and uncontrolled sea farming expansion have grown, food tradesmen in Canada have developed sustainable seafood policies and commitments.
Seafood Progress, an online resource, is designed to help provide rewards for tradesmen and information for seafood lovers. It makes it easier for consumers in Canada to find out tradesmen’s policies on sourcing sustainable seafood, whether they’re sticking to those policies and how they are performing compared to other tradesmen.
But tradesmen must do more to ensure their seafood products are environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. This means expanding the range of their commitments to cover all seafood products they sell in all their stores. It also requires continuing to work with suppliers and producers to improve practices and make sure the sustainable seafood supply meets consumer demand.
It’s no mystery that if we want to continue to eat fish, we must do it responsibly. Seafood Progress has invited seafood tradesmen, suppliers and consumers to join in pushing to this goal.
1. What’s the cause of oceans’ being in trouble according to Paragraph 1?| A．The over-exploitation and use of the oceans. | B．The mystery that people haven’t studied. |
| C．The ever-changing climate of the global. | D．The continuous decrease of fish stocks. |
| A．Provide rewards for them. | B．Urge them to stick to policies. |
| C．Provide them with enough seafood. | D．Let them know about tradesmen’s policies. |
| A．Stores will be banned from selling seafood. |
| B．Oceans play an important role in feeding people. |
| C．People fail to note the consequence of overfishing. |
| D．Tradesmen can sell seafood products without limit. |
| A．By protecting all the tradesmen’s profit. |
| B．Through expanding seafood production. |
| C．By combining efforts of people involved in seafood. |
| D．By making policies to control seafood consumers. |
【推荐2】Fossilized (化石的) footprints found on a beach in southern Spain reveal what may have been a nursery for an extinct species of elephant.
The track-rich coastal site is typically covered by 1 1/2 meters of sand. Storm surges (风暴潮) in the spring of 2020 washed away much of that sand and exposed the preserved footprints of ancient elephants, cattle, deer, pigs, and so on. The sandy-clay sediments (沉淀物) hosting this treasure of tracks were probably laid down about 106,000 years ago, previous studies suggest.
Among the newly uncovered tracks are the first-of-their kind footprints of newborn straight-tusked elephants, an extinct species that probably died out during the last ice age. The teeny tracks — which measure 9.6 centimeters across, about the size of a drink coaster — suggest that the petite, possibly 2-month-old elephants stood about 66 centimeters tall at their shoulders and weighed around 70 kilograms, slightly heavier than a Newfoundland dog. Based on previous finds elsewhere of actual bones, adult straight-tusked elephants may have weighed 5.5 metric tons for females and 13 tons for males.
The mix of elephant tracks at the site suggests that family groups including newborns, youngsters and adult females frequented the area and possibly used it as a nursery, the researchers say. Other fossils found at the site, including those preserving traces of ancient roots, indicate that the area was rich in vegetation and lakes and ponds.
The team’s findings “are a thrilling study,” says Anthony Martin, a trace fossil expert at Emory University in Atlanta, Series of footprints show how the ancient elephants were moving, offer insight into their social structure and even provide a sight of their reproductive ecology, he says, If newborns were part of the family group and “if they were acting anything like modern elephants, the mother had to be nearby,” Martin says.
What’s more, the presence of preserved Neandertal footprints at the site suggests that the ancient people hunted young elephants or other creatures, Martin says. The Neandertals “probably were not foolish enough to take on a full-sized elephant.”
1. What helped the discovery of elephants’ footprints in southern Spain?| A．People’s farming. | B．The researchers’ efforts. |
| C．The bad weather. | D．Records about the place. |
| A．The extinction of the elephants. | B．Inferrence about the elephants. |
| C．The course of the new discovery. | D．Weigh of straight-tusked elephants. |
| A．The site was suitable for animals’ living. |
| B．Volcanoes must have happened in the site. |
| C．These tracks indicated the danger of the site. |
| D．Elephants’ enemies must have lived in the site. |
| A．The slow growth of the elephants. |
| B．The movements of the elephants here. |
| C．The development of elephant species. |
| D．The living style of the local people. |
【推荐3】Elephants are able to know the difference between a man and a woman, and can tell an adult (成年人) from a child—all from the sound of a human voice. This is according to a study in which researchers played voice recordings to wild African elephants.
The animals showed more fear when they heard the voices of adult Masai men. Usually Masai people hunt elephants, and this suggests that animals have grown to listen for and avoid them.
Prof. Karen McComb and Dr Graeme Shannon from the University of Sussex led the study. They explained that in former research they had used similar experiments to show that elephants could tell—from the sound of a lion—whether the animal was a female (雌性) or a more dangerous male (雄性).
Prof. McComb wanted to find out if the animals used their very sharp sense of hearing to recognize danger from humans.
The scientists recorded Masai men, women and children saying, in their own language, “Look, look over there, a group of elephants are coming.” They also recorded Kamba men saying this phrase.
Masai people often come across elephants, which can result in violent (暴力的) hunting. Kamba people, however, mainly feed on agriculture, which does not generally bring them into violent touch with the animals.
When the team played recordings of these different voices through a hidden speaker, they found that elephant family groups showed more fear in response to the voice of a Masai man, than to a Kamba man’s voice. And the adult male Masai voices caused far more violent response than the voices of women or boys.
1. An elephant can tell a man from a woman by sense of ________.| A．touch | B．sight | C．smell | D．hearing |
| A．By watching the elephants in the zoo. | B．By playing voice recordings to them. |
| C．By recording the behaviors of elephants. | D．By communicating with them in a special way. |
| A．Masai men | B．Masai women | C．Kamba men | D．Kamba women |
| A．Elephants and Human Beings | B．Differences Between Human Voices |
| C．Elephants Recognize Human Voices | D．Elephants at War with Human Beings |
【推荐1】Does your closet need a refresher? Tired of visiting multi-national big box “fast-fashion” stores where they pump out ready-to-wear items? Why not go to some second-hand shops? It’s not only better for the environment but with styles constantly being recycled you’re certain to find something in. Here are several spots to start.
Grand Street Local
Did you wake up today and decide you really need an Air Jordan T-shirt from the late 80s or a legal Bi-State Machinery trucker hat? We thought so. You can find it all at this Williamsburg spot, run by a nice husband-and-wife team. Streetwear is what you’ll find at this spot and it’s one of the best for casual clothes.
154Grand St., Brooklyn
Le Grand Strip
Started in 2006, this amazing clothes shop has a constantly pleasing collection of classic clothes starting in the Victorian era and going all the way up to the end of the 20th century. There’s a focus here on ladies’ clothes, particularly clothes in the French manner.
197 Grand St., Brooklyn
M.A. E.
From Gucci thick high heels to classic Missoni and Helmut Lang dresses, this south Park Slope shop traffics in high-end clothes. If you need a special piece for a special occasion—a wedding or any sort of big celebration — this is the place to find it. You may just end up stealing the show, or at least everyone’s attention.
461 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn
Worship
Based in Bushwick and founded in 2013, Worship has faithful consumers far and wide, thanks to its commitment to its varieties of high-quality clothes. You can find clothing and accessories (配饰) here from the beginning of the 20th century up to the early 90s.
117 Wilson Ave., Brooklyn
1. What kind of clothes can you find in Grand Street Local?| A．Casual wears. | B．Classic clothes. | C．Evening dresses. | D．Formal clothing. |
| A．154Grand St., Brooklyn. | B．197 Grand St., Brooklyn. |
| C．117 Wilson Ave., Brooklyn. | D．461 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn. |
| A．Its convenient location. | B．Its high-quality clothes. |
| C．Its long history. | D．Its special style. |
1. Why Spanish became the official language of Peru is that ________.
| A．Peru is close to Spain in geography |
| B．Peru was once in the control of Spain |
| C．The Inca emperor wanted to trade with Spain |
| D．the people in Peru regarded the Spanish as their friends |
| A．Peru faces the Pacific Ocean in the west |
| B．the Andes Mountains run from northwest to southeast， quite close to the Pacific |
| C．the capital of Peru is Puno in the southeast part of its land |
| D．mountains mainly make up the whole area of Peru |
| A．Travelling by boat. |
| B．Having accommodation in the middle of the forest. |
| C．Seeing unique plants and animals. |
| D．Enjoying the local guide's company. |
| A．a couple of hours | B．four days |
| C．only a week | D．not known |
【推荐3】“Frozen 2” , a sequel (续集) to the 2013 Disney animated blockbuster “Frozen”, took in 700 million yuan totally, according to the China Movie Data Information Network.
“Frozen 2” has cast a spell on product categories like toys, clothes and makeup items due to demand for movie merchandise products from young Chinese consumers, Friday’s China Daily reported.
“Frozen 2” merchandise was extremely popular at the Disney Store China in November, 2019, the newspaper cited sources from Disney China as saying.
The dress worn by the movies leading role Elsa was already among the top five selling items on the store weeks ahead of the movie's opening on Nov. 22 in China.
Fashion accessories (配饰) such as the “Frozen 2” brooch and the woolen scarf created by the China team were well received by young adult female consumers.
During Chinas Singles Day shopping spree on No.11, every second 59 Disney products were sold online including Disney’s self-owned retailing platforms or franchised products (特许经营产品), many of which were Frozen- themed products, figures from the newspaper show.
McDonald’s China has joined hands with Disney to launch themed Happy Meals based on Disney movies, with the first free toys featuring “Frozen 2”.
1. What can we learn from the passage?| A．“Frozen 2” is profitably achieved. | B．“Frozen 2” is initially made in2013. |
| C．“Frozen 2” is directed by Elsa. | D．“Frozen2” is welcomed by all Chinese. |
| A．Elsa’s brooch and scarf. | B．Elsa’s makeup items. |
| C．Elsa’s dress. | D．Elsa's toys. |
| A．thriller. | B．drama. |
| C．documentary. | D．cartoon. |
